Grades K–3
Roll a Kind Act
Roll a die to get a kind act for the day, like asking someone new to play, then write who you were kind to and how they felt.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
Four Steps to Empathy
Number the four steps to empathy, notice, imagine, ask and show you care, then use them when a classmate drops a lunch tray.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Kindness and empathy
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Kindness, Empathy, Perspective-taking, Inclusion
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Number the four steps to empathy from 1 to 4.
- Imagine how you would feel if it happened to you.
- Show you care with kind words or a helpful action.
- Notice the person’s face, body and voice.
- Ask how they feel, then really listen.
- Try it: Jonah drops his lunch tray in the cafeteria and some kids laugh.
- 4. I show I care:
Teacher tip
Act out the lunch tray moment with all four steps.
How to use it
- Catch kids being kind and name exactly what they did.
- Keep a kindness jar: add a pom-pom for each kind act you notice.
- Keep finished sheets in an SEL folder so kids can look back on their growth.
Watch for
Kindness that is only for friends. Talk about being kind to people we don’t know well too.
Talk about it
- Is it ever hard to be kind? When?
- How might someone else see it differently?
Take it further
Write kindness notes for another class, the office staff or the custodian.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More kindness and empathy worksheets
Grades 2–5
Include or Leave Out?
Circle includes or leaves out for ten things kids do at lunch, at recess and in class, then plan one way to include someone this week.
Grades 4–5
What Does It Mean? Kindness Quotes
Match five sayings about kindness, like “Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes,” to what they mean, then write about living one.
Grades 1–5
My Kindness Web
Fill a kindness web with one way to be kind to your family, a friend, someone new, an animal, your teacher and the Earth.
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